| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1199 | |
| Title: | BEARDED PORTRAIT HEAD | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1199 | |
| Description: | Over life-sized bearded head, ca. frontal; hair forms smooth cap over head to nape of neck in back, and nearly to eyebrows in front; hair locks rendered by shallow, wavy grooves all radiating from crown; mass framing face undercut by drill channel. Heavy eyebrows that meet above nose; large shallow-set eyes with swollen area beneath brow; narrow upper lid offset by groove, overlaps lower lid; small "chip" near upper lid for each pupil. Crease on flat cheeks at inner corners of eyes. Nose slightly down-curving, nostrils drilled; heavy lips framed by moustache. Short beard with shallow wavy locks; ear channels also shallowly cut. Long neck ending in rounded tenon, which begins in back just below hair line; tenon rough-picked, with band of claw or fine long point strokes along upper edge. | |
| Material: | Fine white marble. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Head intact to base of tenon except for tips of nose and beard; iron stains on right ear. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.47 (max), H. 0.31 (head), W. 0.151 (temples) | |
| Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
| Context: | Provenance Unknown, Found before 1926 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX N168; Hesperia 1981 P448; Meischner, "Theodosianische Portrats," Quaderni di "La ricerca scientifica", n.116, 1988 p.381 fig. 6.; Corinth 20, 2003; Brown 2017, Corinth in Late Antiquity, fig. 23 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Image: bw 2043 Image: bw 2044 Basket: Provenance Unknown, Found before 1926 |
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